Lip Cancer: 20-Year Comparative Survival and Mortality Analysis by Age, Sex, Race, Stage, Grade, Cohort Entry Time-Period and Disease Duration A Systematic Review of 19,213 Cases for Diagnosis Years 1973-2014: (SEER*Stat 8.3.5)

This report summarizes the incidence, relative frequency distributions and survival & mortality by age, sex, stage and grade, of adult invasive primary cancers of the lip in two entrant time-periods as recorded in the SEER Program of the National Cancer Institute for diagnosis years 1973-2014 (SEER Stat 8.3.5). While the occurrence rates and frequency are low in the United States, they are exceptionally important from a clinical and surgical standpoint because of the morphological and functional changes involved.